Willem van Mieris

A man holding a pipe



Willem van Mieris - A man holding a pipe



Willem van Mieris
A man holding a pipe
1710
13.6 x 10.8 cm
Oil on panel
Signed and dated centre left: W. Van. Mieris. / Fet Ano 1710.
Sale Christie's, London, 2 July 2025


Provenance


(Possibly) D.G. van der Burgh van Kronenburg, Kronenburg Castle, Loenen; his sale (†), on the premises, 6 September 1824, lot 20.
(Possibly) Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Robinson & Fisher, London, 7 May 1896, lot 58.
(Possibly) H.C. Brunning, Hove; (†), Christie's, London, 25 January 1908, lot 60 (12 gns. to Gooden & Fox).
Elizabeth Watkinson Holbrooke (1868-1938), Bladon Castle, near Burton-on-Trent; her sale (†), Christie's, London, 17 February 1939, lot 106 (32 gns. to Craddock).
J. Kornmehl, The Hague (according to the RKD).
Private collection, circa 1960, and by descent until,
Anonymous sale [Property from a Dutch Private Collection]; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 18 May 2004, lot 11.
with Johnny van Haeften, London, from whom acquired by the present owner.
Sale Christie's, London, 2 July 2025, nr. 146

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